Colorado House Republicans elect Jarvis Caldwell as new minority leader
(COLORADO) — Colorado House Republicans elected State Representative Jarvis Caldwell from Monument as their new leader on Saturday, Sept. 20, following the resignation of former leader Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs.
The election took place remotely on Saturday at 8 a.m., marking a significant change in leadership for the Colorado House Republicans. Caldwell, who is in his first year in the House, will step into the role after Pugliese resigned last week, citing a toxic environment at the Capitol as her reason for stepping down.
High schoolers will be required to learn personal finance if lawmakers pass bill
Balancing a budget, doing taxes, investing. All things many adults know how to do — but young people? Many aren’t so sure. There’s a bipartisan push to change that situation – but it's run into some opposition in the mad dash to the end of the legislative session.
Colorado Dems Seek to Punish Parents in Custody Disputes for ‘Deadnaming’ Kids
Colorado parents who call their gender-confused kids by their birth names and sex could be punished by the courts in custody disputes, according to a Democratic bill quickly making its way through the state legislature.
House Bill 25-1312 would require courts making child-custody decisions to consider “deadnaming” or “misgendering” as types of coercive control. It says that courts “shall consider reports of coercive control when determining the allocation of parental responsibilities in accordance with the best interests of the child.”
Colorado bill sparks debate over parental rights and gender identity protections
DENVER, Colorado — Colorado legislators are split over House Bill 25-1312, which seeks to expand anti-discrimination protections for transgender individuals and clarify how gender identity issues are handled in custody disputes.
Democratic Rep. Rebekah Stewart, one of the bill's sponsors, explains that the bill really includes "three buckets," with the most controversial addressing child custody and family law.
‘We tend to put criminals’ rights over victims’: A law to help address theft in Colorado is struck down by Lawmakers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -In a 6-3 vote a Colorado House Committee votes to kill a bill that would have increased the penalties for theft in Colorado.
“They were worried that we were gonna put people who shoplift five dollars in jail and that’s not anything to do with my bill. I think that we tend to put criminals' rights over victims' rights. They were saying that when we take freedoms away from people that we have to be very careful when doing that,” said Colorado Representative Brandi Bradley…
'Another thing Graffit did with the sacrifice': Recent Colorado law increases penalties for cruelty to K-9s
DENVER — The Jefferson County deputy whose K-9 was killed while working to apprehend a suspect in February has applauded a recent bill signed into law to increase penalties for cruelty to K-9s…